t takes the earth 24 h to complete a full rotation. It takes Mercury approximately 58 days, 15 h, and 30 min to
complete a full rotation. How many hours does it take Mercury to complete a full rotation? Show your work
using the correct conversion factors.
To find the number of hours it takes Mercury to complete a full rotation, we need to convert the given time of 58 days, 15 hours, and 30 minutes into hours.
1 day = 24 hours
58 days = 58 * 24 = 1392 hours
15 hours = 15 hours
30 minutes = 30/60 = 0.5 hours
Total hours = 1392 + 15 + 0.5 = 1407.5 hours
Therefore, it takes Mercury approximately 1407.5 hours to complete a full rotation.